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Posted on 01/03/2007 7:39:37 PM PST by Mikey_1962
NEW YORK The New York Times may do away with its public editor position when the two-year term of Byron Calame -- only the second person to hold the independent slot -- concludes in May, according to a report in today's New York Observer.
“Over the next couple of months," Executive Editor Bill Keller wrote in an e-mail to the Observer's Michael Calderone, "as Barney’s term enters the home stretch, I’ll be taking soundings from the staff, talking it over with the masthead, and consulting with Arthur” -- Publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr.
Keller added that “some of my colleagues believe the greater accessibility afforded by features like ‘Talk to the Newsroom’ has diminished the need for an autonomous ombudsman, or at least has opened the way for a somewhat different definition of the job.”
Calame told the Observer, “I have been critical of the newsroom. I’ve also praised the newsroom, and I think that Bill Keller has been—quite obviously—unhappy with some of the things I’ve written....It seems to me that the high degree of independence that has been given to the public editor at The New York Times makes it a situation that inevitably causes criticism."
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Well, that didn't take long. Just a day or two after Calame's very brave and well-written OpEd piece appeared in last Sunday's Times, pointing out that a reporter lied his head off about an abortion in Latin America, that he had an egregious conflict of interest with a pro-abortion organization, and that the editors and publishers refused to admit the error, including Pinch himself.
It was Rathergate all over again, and now we have their answer. More coverup and denial.
Marketing firms like New York and Times do not require an ombudsman. No big suprise here.
Eddie01
The truth hurts, so the Times will get rid of the hurt.
It seems like right or left, objectivity in journalism is becoming passe.
I am so going to steal that hilarious graphic.
Thank you for sharing it.
Lying weasels!!! Their current ombudsman exposes the flagrantly honest piece on infanticide in El Salvador and Keller wants to avoid such scrutiny in the future.
BILL KELLER IS LEFTIST SCUM!
Well if I understand the concept of an ombudsman they are supposed to make sure the credibility of the content of a newspaper is upheld. If this interpretation of an ombudsman is correct it's clear the NY Times had only two choices,either fire him or kill him !!!
The Ombudsman has integrity-that's a lot more than Pinch will ever have.
Look, you're being too hard on the New York Times and the MSM in general. If it really was as bad as you say, readers would be deserting newspapers all over the country... Opps, ummmm, never mind...
What about speaking truth to power, exposing the nefarious workings of large corporations, and all that? Isn't that what the Times is supposed to pride itself on? These guys are so obvious.
No-one wants the job!
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